Parul Somani

Parul has led a multi-faceted, 20+ year career in management consulting and entrepreneurship, executive coaching and keynote speaking, and patient empowerment and advocacy. The common thread through it all is her desire to empower people, teams, and organizations to achieve powerful outcomes with intentional actions.

As the Founder of Silver Linings, Parul serves as a keynote speaker and coach trusted by Fortune 100 leaders. Working at the intersection of executive and life coaching, Parul empowers CEOs, founders, and their teams with the mindsets and actionable tools needed to embrace change and achieve greater fulfillment in life and leadership. Leading organizations, including Oracle, Neiman Marcus, Zoom, and Bristol Myers Squibb, have invited Parul to share her proprietary frameworks for navigating uncertainty and change with resilience through keynote presentations and workshops. She is an invited member of the Forbes Coaches Council and has guest lectured for Harvard Business School’s Reflective Leader Program. Parul has been featured in Forbes, Thrive Global, Authority Magazine, MIT Technology Review, and many podcasts on personal and professional growth.

As a cancer survivor, Parul is also an award-winning patient advocate and lived experience expert who has shared her experiences and insights for premier health organizations, including at the White House for President Biden’s Cancer Moonshot, the World Economic Forum’s Global Precision Medicine Initiative, Stanford Health Care, American Cancer Society, and HLTH. Parul currently serves on the American Cancer Society’s National Breast Cancer Roundtable and the American Cancer Society’s Patient and Family Advisory Council.

Previously, Parul advised Fortune 500 companies and private equity firms as a Senior Manager at Bain & Company, and held leadership roles in consumer technology and genomics start-ups. Parul holds a degree in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and a minor in Economics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and an MBA from Harvard Business School. Parul resides in the Bay Area with her husband and two daughters, and carries a lifelong love for Indian dancing, which she performed for over thirty-five years.